Hazleton Area gets Saturday split

Hazleton Area split its matches during action Saturday in the Spartan Splash Tournament at Wyoming Valley West. The Lady Cougars won both of their games, while the Cougars dropped all three matches.

Girls

â Hazleton Area 8, Upper Perkiomen Valley 7 - Alex Podlesny fired in three goals and also had 10 steals and one block to lift Hazleton Area to the win.

Becca Yannes and Heidi Zapotocky both scored two goals and Felicia Grego netted one. Grego also added four steals and one assist and Zapotocky had one assist.

Morgan O'Hara posted six saves and two steals, Shelby Sanko recorded three steals and Nicole Miller had one steal.

â Hazleton Area 12, Muhlenberg 7 - Alex Podlesny knocked in four goals and Becca Yannes and Felicia Grego each netted three goals to power Hazleton Area to the victory.

Grego also posted seven saves and five steals, Podlesny added seven steals and one assist and Yannes chipped in six steals and three assists.

Morgan O'Hara and Sequoya Tarselli each scored one goal. O'Hara also had five saves and one steal. Shelby Sanko finished with three steals and one assist and Heidi Zapotocky added two steals and one assist.

Laura Cahalan had one assist and one steal and Victoria Carrell chipped in one steal for the Lady Cougars.

Boys

â Reading 17, Hazleton Area 11 - Troy Valkusky fired in eight goals and had six steals and two assists to pace Hazleton Area.

Randy Pineda, Seth Platukis and Andy Acosta each scored a goal. Pineda also posted three saves, two assists and two steals; Platukis added two saves and two steals; and Acosta posted one steal.

Jorge Moncayo grabbed 10 steals, and Dakota Jespersen finished with three assists and two steals. Luke Olander and Jake Malone each chipped in one steal.

â Upper Perkiomen Valley 18, Hazleton Area 10 - Troy Valkusky knocked in five goals and had four steals and three assists to top Hazleton Area.

Randy Pineda recorded two goals, two assists, six saves and one steal; and Jorge Moncayo added two goals and seven steals. Andy Acosta netted the final goal and chipped in one assist and one steal.

Seth Platukis posted two saves, one assist and one steal, and Luke Olander grabbed one steal for the Cougars.

Valkusky had seven steals and one assist, and Jespersen assisted on one goal.

Jorge Moncayo grabbed seven steals and Joelvis Abreu finished with one. Randy Pineda and Seth Platukis each recorded six saves for the Cougars.

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